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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1678957" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I don't know how the Hfd assn. handles reporting the Polled gene - but you have to DNA test your animal before it is reported as Homo Polled - or both parents were already tested to be Homo Polled.</p><p>Your animal can be POLLED, but obviously, he is Heterozygous Polled. Any cow that gives you a horned calf, is also carrying the horned gene. The calf must receive a horn gene from dam AND sire.</p><p>The Simmental breed has been fighting the horned gene from day 1 - but there are very few bulls in the Purebred business that are carrying the horn gene.</p><p>Hopefully, the Herefords learned a lesson and will not chase 1 trait - polled. They need to keep breeding for the quality animal they now have achieved.</p><p>Funny story. Hubby & I moved to Upstate NY back in 1978 from Kansas. When we saw the Hereford herds out here, we were not impressed to say the least. They were small, light muscled, dinky. We weren't real knowledgeable about the different breeds - didn't know that all the cattle out here were Polled Herefords. We were used to seeing the big, powerful, rangy "Horned" Herefords in Kansas. We sure thought people out here must have starved their cattle and stunted them!! LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1678957, member: 968"] I don't know how the Hfd assn. handles reporting the Polled gene - but you have to DNA test your animal before it is reported as Homo Polled - or both parents were already tested to be Homo Polled. Your animal can be POLLED, but obviously, he is Heterozygous Polled. Any cow that gives you a horned calf, is also carrying the horned gene. The calf must receive a horn gene from dam AND sire. The Simmental breed has been fighting the horned gene from day 1 - but there are very few bulls in the Purebred business that are carrying the horn gene. Hopefully, the Herefords learned a lesson and will not chase 1 trait - polled. They need to keep breeding for the quality animal they now have achieved. Funny story. Hubby & I moved to Upstate NY back in 1978 from Kansas. When we saw the Hereford herds out here, we were not impressed to say the least. They were small, light muscled, dinky. We weren't real knowledgeable about the different breeds - didn't know that all the cattle out here were Polled Herefords. We were used to seeing the big, powerful, rangy "Horned" Herefords in Kansas. We sure thought people out here must have starved their cattle and stunted them!! LOL [/QUOTE]
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